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Black to move
10,016 games · 1846-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

2...Nf6

7,085

38.9%

28.1%

33%

2...Nc6

2,664

44.7%

23.6%

31.8%

2...Bc5

789

46%

23.3%

30.7%

2...d6

254

46.9%

24%

29.1%

2...c5

62

58.1%

25.8%

16.1

2...Bb4

51

54.9%

23.5%

21.6%

2...c6

42

64.3%

28.6%

2...f5

19

68.4%

31.6%

2...g6

16

43.8%

31.2%

25%

2...Be7

9

66.7%

22.2%

2...b6

6

33.3%

16.7

50%

2...a6

4

100%

2...Ne7

2

100%

2...f6

2

100%

2...Na6

L Sokolova vs Abiramy Senthikumar, 2020 1-0

2...Qf6

H Mortensen vs A P Smith, 2008 0-1

2...Nc6 +0.02 (35 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872 (1/2-1/2)
Zukertort vs NN, 1877 (1-0)
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870 (1-0)
R Steel vs NN, 1886 (1-0)
M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953 (1-0)

DEBUT: Hamppe vs Loewenthal, 1846 (0-1)
RECENT: B Adhiban vs Kramnik, 2018 (0-1)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
Vienna Gambit, knight exchange by dustinkinney
White wins! by Plastic Man
White - Vienna: Nxf7 by gaborn

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
C26: Vienna (2103)
C29: Vienna Gambit (1987)
C28: Vienna Game (1583)
C25: Vienna (1362)
A07: King's Indian Attack (942)
C27: Vienna Game (754)
C23: Bishop's Opening (271)
C46: Three Knights (222)
C47: Four Knights (194)

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